The overall performance in the Annual National Assessment (ANA) 2014 shows an upward trend in performance with average percentage scores increasing by a maximum of 8 percent in mathematics in Grade 1 and also increases in all other grades except Grade 9.

The SA Economic Update, released on Tuesday (4 November 2014), found that SA’s fiscal policies are cutting the rates of poverty and inequality, and that tax and social benefits are effectively redistributing income from rich to poor.

Despite many national and provincial government initiatives to keep learners safe, school violence has become worse – in frequency and intensity – to the extent that children are more likely to experience violence at school than in their homes.

Speaking at the launch of National Disability Rights Awareness Month on Monday, the Minister said the policy includes a monitoring and evaluation framework that will allow her department to track progress made in eradicating inequalities and reducing poverty among people with disabilities and th